Comments on: Dead Space: “Strategic Dismemberment”

By: Pidesco

Pidesco — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:11:02 +0000

This is looking more and more like an hectic action type of horror game, instead of a psychological, SS2 style horror game.

Which can be fine of course. It’s just that hectic action games are a dime a dozen while tense, deep horror games are, well, nowhere to be seen.

By: SatansSoldier

SatansSoldier — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:07:43 +0000

This is the first trailer for this game that makes me actually want to play it. Oh, and strategic dismemberment is one of the best gameplay catches I’ve heard this year.

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:48:25 +0000

I’ll suggest that both fire and venting people into space should be methods of killing aliens/undead/monster/bastards however, should you set people on fire and then vent the atmosphere? You’ll likely just put out the fire.

Some kind of acid gun, melt people, and of course, the old fashioned Gib with a rocket.

By: Kast

Kast — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:00:56 +0000

Dismemberment is a welcome technique but it shouldn’t be the ONLY solution to the problem of ‘nasty alien/monster wants to feast on your innards’. That just invites repetition and is likely to quickly get tedious.

By: Kareem

Kareem — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:54:23 +0000

Interesting concept, and I’m in complete support of the zombie limbs-tearing genre. However the environments look terrifyingly uninteresting, like they’re ripped off of Doom 3 or Quake 4.

By: Arsewisely

Arsewisely — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:05:24 +0000

I like the dismemberment style of combat but I hope they don’t make it THE game concept so you’re bored sick of it by the half-way mark. Reminds me of The Thing.

By: Gurrah

Gurrah — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:39:18 +0000

For some reason I just love that handgun/multitool thing with the three target painters.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:52:07 +0000

I like the approach, but I know I’m too much of a scaredy cat to ever play this game ;)

By: Skree

Skree — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:47:25 +0000

Anyone else reminded of an article in PCG not so long ago? Alec Meer, in fact, talking about dismemberment as a gameplay device in AvP and how nobody has attempted it since… hhm :P

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:17:32 +0000

The more and more I see this game, the more it turns into a Resident Evil-style survival horror game and thus the less interested I get…

By: Stijn

Stijn — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:12:59 +0000

“Telekinesis Gun”